Along the Winisk River | short documentary (2020)
Director | Producer | Editor Janna Kyllästinen for Human Rights Watch
In Canada, a remote Indigenous community is fighting for its survival in the age of climate change. Extreme weather, changes in ice formation, and wildfires have made hunting and gathering for traditional food more and more dangerous and difficult. Along the Winisk River is a portrait of a community as it comes together to embark on a caribou hunt in the freezing subarctic winter of Canada. This film by Human Rights Watch explores the impacts of this struggle against a backdrop of systemic discrimination and calls for the government of Canada to do better to protect Indigenous communities.
Select Screenings Human Rights Watch Film Festival | American Indian Film Festival | Human Rights Arts & Film Festival Australia | Environmental Rights Film Festival North Dakota | Environmental Film Festival DC | Weengushk International Film Festival
Best Documentary Short Nominee American Indian Film Festival